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LI IT41:, AR Y REVIEW. The QUARTERLY MUSICAL MAGAZINE and RE'VrEW, No. i. (Continued fr)n Iretlxmlay bzst) Having resented :0 our n part of troduction to this int erestin'g ninik,we conceive !hat is is in some deto-ee a duty to the Author to insert the remainder. Ir affords a griivral view of the %yolk, Alus ir.ay tempt the younger Studen►s of both sexes, in th.e beautiful and interesting art of it treats, :end who -perh,ips already possess great • facility in practice on their respective instruments, - to acquire a kno'vle,t t :e of its essential principles, which Will assuredly -cr‘ntribnte to increase their enjoyment, it, addilq,;. - the stality of science to the charms of ex' cation. " I. Orignial correspondence upon Tll the brAnclies of the science, theoretical and prac- ticed. " 2. Critical itnilimpartial accounts of musical perfoimers. `.` $. -Reviews of musical publications; " 4 Ac.n , i,tb of ;hit metropolitan and pro. .yincial est abllSlllnents for the rid( ivation tit music. " Auectiotes.ot 11111* , ie And mosical men. 6 -Poetry, original or selected, that may'ap. pear calcul-oed for intr , ical ad Aptation: "7. A rt grster or t.hrouicle of musical trans. actions. . - • " By Mich an artangenient we conceive that shall embrace every topic: of. interest, pc] sima and general, vocal and itistrumental, throughout all the bearings of talebt anti written Mont-' position ; and we anticipate that by bringing into pne circle of unbolt as manrof the connee ed family of musical genius as we can attract, - an emulation may be excited, antra standird . 7of com parisou erec!ed' which will lead to beneficial re-.' not to the individual but , to the , pahlie: In the soperior department of the conduct' rat ptrh 17c amusements, the zeal, the taste, Nit -liberality 0f directors, .may be assimilated and 'bronght - to gether. The management and • the patronge of Foreign and English amusements may.he weighed aird balanced against each other., The eminent novelties of every country communicated, not only to those most immediately concerned, but to their st , pporters. 'fo what extent • information tryty he obtained. in the incipient.stage of our eft ter,irize we tVill not presume to promise ; our wirangements for (oreign correspondence will de rti.od upon the reception our work experiences ; Hitt by a cl e ar expo,irion of our objects we :anew the scope and rari.. , ,e of our intentions, arid while we entreat the voluntary aid a those who may possess the oppoitnnotes we covet, we at the saute time engage to omit no effort of our own to' establish a correspondence that may uhini , ftely -coMptete the pertection of ,this compartment of our miscellany. " A portion, and not an inconsiderable portion of our pages, will be devoted to criticism. We ate led to 'sncli an expectation from the accuMulating prodno ions of composers, from the increasing ardour of professional enterprizc, from the wide spreading demand fur novelty, and from the con= tircual accessiOn both of native and exotic pLisontil talkt: - • " Tire mass of the public is . at all times either par,ially directed by the. reinatks of indieidUals (privileged, as it were, by thesanction.or their ktinven acquaintance with the principl e s o f too e) conveyed morally front one taanother, or generally by the criticisms of the daily and per o•teal Anil here again we have to deplore the want of the' requisiie iharac'eristics in many of muse who, under the semblance of clischitlging a t t r u st, indif ferent to themselves but vitally impottant to others, are but too of en wedc in judgment though fluent in objection, destittr e of the Fell facility of discrimitiation, but fully conversant with the murderous art Of dealing out keen and cutting dispraise. We know not how it hap pen:s—h,t so it is, that . .while every species of publication throughout the amazing range of E,glish and Foreign literature is most ably and most completely dissect: tl, demonstrated, and prepared for the guidance of general observe tiod—wbile 'the sister att of paining has been illustrated by every expence of judgment, and travil, and design, and execution, e m pl o y m4 the 'highest efforts, both graphic and .descrip tive, music sod musicians are almost entirely abandoned to the Ineagle, hasty, crude, and but too often partial and personal effusions of the journals of the day. Let not our description be thought invidious. It cannot be more accurate; we appeal to the feelings of the profession. and to the discernment of persons of taste. llowever irritable or warped by resentment or injustice the first may be, there is vet a testimony to be drawn from the univeLsal sentimeht, which caunot err. No prrjudiees can petrel t such a body of evidence, no attachments can influence such a jury, neither hopes nor feats can shake the impartial justice of a court of such ant hot ity. Placing ourselves then in the enlightened presenve of the assembled abi lity which is employed either profes•sionaily 0; j u diciAly, aud about to become in our own pro-. ductions the object of a similar examination, we arraign the existing criticism directed to musical transactions. We eCrdigil it as sometimes unjust and oppressively iejnrions, as commonly and as almost always uncertain, indisciiminate, or venal. The degrees of merit are rontounded and Inst in mere newspaper jargon. It shall be our part to roiigate, as far as in us lie::, the flip. Kant •aipetity which_ wounds in mere •haste and wantonness, or rather perhaps because it is lie*. cessary to say something. We shall eudek.vour to modify the too enormous power of preset ipt•irr., whilst, avoiding every sint..of detraction, Ite give to exalted genius its own elevated place of honour. We shall hope.to encourage the hesitating and slues advances of modest merit ; we shall most carefully abstain from every thing that borders upon personality ; and at the same time that we are exerting a tabu vigilance for the interests of t he science (in %illicit We consider the interests of the public atiSnlntely vested), we sh a ll s oli c i tous ly bear in mind'-that the private happiness of an ar-• dausis,• add as we esteem it a most meritorious ii)VolvtAl in tilt bon:am:11)1e or ais hollow able exercise of rublic criticistn. We do not enter upon our ditties with levity, neither s i,„ll . we p o blisa our thoughts hastily or (mad v redly. IVe hope to do scuoe goo d, and We in vite the assistance of all who can appreciate our titolires, clll,-ttge our sphere of intelligence, or in any way confirm our purpose. " Thus have we hilly described the disposition which will attemper the most delicate, and yet perhaps to the curiosity of our readers the most pieasto able, discharge of our voluntary office.— There is yet a large and important division to be spoke!' of in the purposed review of illogical coin posir ions. Every na ion had originally, and even up to this day retains, leading characteristics of its own styl e , a l mos t as ,i,titiet and prenliar as is prorer tongue, and in spite of the incursions of foreign powers, invited by novelty and condocted by remit's—hi spite of the commanding superio rity with which the enchanting langliage, the ex quisite attainments, arid finished taste of Italy, the mistre s s of the world, have fitted her mission aries for the task of conversion, there are yet in every country predominating principles, derived !root this national and pet haps natural inclination, that are found to bias very Intite.ClatiV, though they do not wholly govern thepubliciiidgment. With.these, however, all the improvements and inventions of other countries are so commixed and, blended in our own, that varieties the most ,ano maliitis are every where disCoVerable. NVe should he led to conjecture that the objects of musical taste are no where so diversified as in England. Nor does it appear very difficult to account for. The reagoos are interwoven with manners, And till strike us at ollft, on conipaling the institu tions cud habits of , be Continent with those of our own isl a nd. In catholic countries, the dietrch Ser%ice is in a great degree musical, and "the' performance is frequently excellent. Hence it . ses, not only that the judgment of the peo ple, (row their mere constant !attendance at the roars of devotion, grows daily more polished, but-that multirwles of native Musicians are trained tip in onetittiform tystent of discipline.—ftte reli gioitses'abijsli9ietits have very generally or cower vatorio atl4Ched ,io their fotoolations, which is l!ie school velirein these nati<icians are educated. Dins thelte is an ttniveiNal diffusion o: the, same vernacular. principles and praCtice. Music is to be heard from morning till night, in the church and in the streets gratuitously, and is th,• theatres tor a very small expellee. Even comedy and rigs gedy are oritz;.icai.—Sriell an eternal application of the. art cannot tail to stamp its .halacietistics deeply upon the whole petiVe, ‘shile among pro fess/its it. ensures the annininent of the winos. possible skill. by mill tit design, by iocessant repetition, by the menial exeltemetit pioluced, and by tI e facility and acqu,intalice a[teudant on , litVantaCeS. In point of tact they have but one school, and their school is a school of national toondatiote Fraocr is certainly to lie exempted from our desert') ion ; for whether it he that the 'Fr, nett laoguage places ,11 in supt:rahle battier, or whetherthele is a levity and mobility in the constitution of Fienehtnen that nofit them 1.4 mosieal excellence, we pre tend riot to decide, 6111 dial there exists some po sitive i , npeditnent w hif•lt has hitherto recheted their. r(twlittiS the point of- cohivation whiell nt sr of rhf•ir nviglaumrs hide ic,acilVd. is ilic..o•E:V , t)k. The ills'afieeN Of ally native 11*.11.1Ce as a ‘tte.ll per toi mer in any other cannily Intl: his own ale exceeding/y rare, anti Ile instrumentalists are comparatively so vet y, yen, tett , lit they are scarcely known or temeint..!rtt d. Fern at C4lllol),,Sitt nc, excipt for rom;ii.ces da.tces, are equally scarce. France hinivevrt i;iven birth to theorists of cousi.ler able note. • " In England we partake, we enliy die fruits of every other -region, and we engtaft them upon out clan strong and barfly stocks. We have till somewhat of a prevailing national [este, though it is almost exlriting. indeed the want of a seleml•nceesaiily contributes to the classification of opinion according to the distribution of wealth. To to the tOnlitaill head, we must Tune the pet boned example of our venerable Sovereign him self, Who itas thane Much to perpetuate, by his own partiality, the love of Handel among his sub jects, and all that yet remains of the nervous, sound, noble, and majestic style of performance which is i,equired by the sttely of that comno•er. Descending a single step in Society, we shall im mediately be brought within the at traction of the opera and Italian music. The cost and rides of dress and of admis,ion, and the want of acquaint mice with the language, render the King's Theatre not commonly accessible except to the wealthy and the well cane:yen ; hut no one of !misted feeling wlio sets foot upon this charmed ground departs without having tasted " the orient liquor in a crystal glass" that enchants and fixes hint for ever the delighted sifojeer o f th e power of the place. 'flue air is bled h spells. It is impos sHde to escape them. Lie who has heard the best music of flue theatre and Oratorio, - forgets the gay as well as all tee solemn sent iineots they may have inspired, in the ttansporting and delicious tenderness which the " foreign wontlei" breathes as it w ere into the very soul. His sensations are new and penetrating ; they are never alter obliterated, f,i r they leingle with the finest affections of our nature. From SE) captivating RIO! SO Copioos a spring, it is no wonder that the waters should permeate tar and wide. They are in truth the thousand lleliconian rills, to which almost the Wh..10 contort' assemblage of high rank and splendid fortune and elegant accomplishment Coiner, Athirst to prove The ;:ennine infltlence 01 the stream they love.' " S. pa late and distinct as these two curiettts of taste mast he said to be in their ;mince and origin, they are nevertheless wilted in their plogitss, and at no great distance trout lie source. The (iris curios and niiseellaneolis Cnllcerts ofa higher or dtr ate all suppotted nearly by the same perfor mers, and pationized by the same audiences ; and !he selecihnis are made from Italian and English music of gen;,itie excellence. There happens, however, 114 , , ,, ~r e general commistiire of ,ot hen the Theatr, s arc used as conceit ; Ptlld t. ts." 1 1 14 ' 11 these occasiuns that the slemitr portion of good taste is infused among the to !liuir of beaters which incites the desire for better 'things ) arta which shows itself in the elisions mo dern mosaic of English-Italian German composi tions lot the theatre anti the chamber, and in the momentary Of etnations from good to had taste with which our.ears are •asgailed in tli;e. perfor mance of maw/ of the half bred, haittaught singers of the English Tlicatres. Some we have known w 1)) find it necessary to yield to the pie judice they cie•pise. It is this intermixture that originates a third description of taste, which ing a compound of all styles, is of ail the most alloVed, dull, and deteriorated. In the midst of the cootosion, some national airs have been te animated for a lime, rather by the reputation of t he poets rvho have written words fur them than front any ()dirt cause. But they have small in fluence upon the formation of taste, because they ate cast into the he and devoured and forgotten amidst the profusion of good, bad, and indifferent with which t e unnatural bantering alter novelty is to he hourly indulged ,onl sa:iated. " eloin this slig.t outline of the divisions of the rblic appetite, it may he seen how and how vations a duty awaits the Iteriewer of compositions intended for the English nation, amid more especial 4 of those by some of our native awthots. The ealeAt, the plainest, and most hottest way of discharging our trust, will be found in our 'endeavour to tollow rather than to lead the jiidgmert, by allotting to whatever may he selected for out rematk its legitimate distinc tion in the academic groves of science, or in the humble walk of national predilection.— We shall consider to %%dirt height its aims are directed, and we shall allot it such a prece dence, the pt imary consideration being set tled, as the composition may appear to merit in its province. ‘Ve do not imagine that there is tint in each of these departments some merit snit tly classical.—Far from it. We know that genius is neither to be co n fined nor allured -to one regiou It is a Spirit too volatile. To find it under. the obseurations with which poverty and envy too otters cover it , will be our first part, and in so d. hie,. we may perhaps, by the gradual f..rce of accomolited instances, extract something like a system, and at list arrive at the elements which ate inherent and essenlial. " Hy the last division of our plan, we hope in time to have gone far towards the collection of a complete history of the progress of mus ic in our own country; and as fashion and example exert a l iomerfel influence even over t hose pursuits that in their proper nature do not seem to require •aid so adventitious, we anticipate the tin-tiler di'fftr- Simi of the science by the force of that emula tion among towns and cif its and provinces, which prevails arming individuals, and to whieh• natural impulse the world ones its most rapid ad‘a:uce tnent towards the ultimate limit of llama!) virtue, as well as towards human, gratification. We es pecially invite the attention of those p rn i e , soe s and Amateurs - who have interested themselves in forming permanent establishments upon a public scale for the practice of music, to lend their assjs lance to the Olitst:.ation of this topic. We think they will agree with us, that it may come to afford st most usetul and aereeab!e means of yeterence and comparison. There is scarcely any thi g which contributes more to facilitate that friendly intercourse which ought to subsist amongst of science, than a pi L-vious acquaintance with each others partirolar pursuits, and the degree ,rf ex , celleuee to which they have attained. From such. . A general law we think it is a legitimate deduction that the correspondence of the lovers of music will be promoted and .enlarged by the knowledge to In extended through such a medium. Men . are anxious to be made acquainted with the fea tures of persons for whom they are interested either by a similarity of taste or by a pre-eminent reputation. The hand-writing even has been said to convey ideas of character. The histories we hope to collect will present the features of intel lect and of knowledge, and while they mark the direction of talent and the gradations of scientific acquirement, they may serve to depicture and convey from mind to mitid the activity, the de votion, the power, and the enthusiarn of genius in one of its most favourite occupations. " We have thus disposed of the principal propor tions of our work. - For what remains, we hope rather to be indebted to the generous contribu tions of scientific ability than to our own labours. To furnish out a con•inual supply for the banquet to which we have given invitation, is beyond the means of a small circle of individuals. We lute been content, therefore, to associate such asesist lance as may enable its to present the lipiskrai world with a fair specimen of what our own or:h oary strength can etf.ct, and we are met without sanguine expectation, that wit Ii evet y soceerel jog publication we shall find our correspondeyce extended and increased, and our own consequent usefulness appreciated and enlarged. For our . . early essays, hoWever, we most entreat allowance of indulgent admission.—The first spe cimen of our work must he regarded tallier as the bud which contains the flowers of promise and of hope, than as the full, mature, and expanded eer fection of the entire plant, milk' . The,lneridian suashine of public flavour. " We have stated our views, we have been mi e notely particular in reciting the obligations Oink; which we slim!l consider ourselves to lie, in older that our readers stay at ;the outset be aWare. of tlie motives sthicledirect us, and the responsibi lit y which ' those motives 'inipose upon u;. We neither intend to -support- out dignity by moor,' nor to degralle' otrrseives to the joutore.i the foolish flatterers of ,in idol or a party. We conclude therefore with 'a sole mn prothit>e, that our abilities, such as they are, - shall be ex erted to theirsuemost, in the sefsice of thepi'ib the support of the profession,' and Cue propagation of all that may appear to us t tO Mils % trate or exalt the science." lllR'filS. Wednesdav last, in Bo ke ley-square, the Lady of Captain 15 - ill4rahans, li. N. of a daughter. On the 15;13 of February ia,t, on hoard the ship Lag Rfljfics, at sea, the Lally of Sir Statnforti Kallics, of a daughter. DIED. On Tn . esday-last,. at Kingstoo-upon-'frames, of a decline, in her eighteenth year, Eliza Susannah %Veil's..!mina Taylor, the youngest daughter of Alr. Tayl.,r, surgeon, of that town. IN - dtiesday last, at. Huntinguun, the lice. Edward Olesoli, of that place. t 161 h nit'. at Carpl.its, Fifesbire o John Raitt,,Esq. of CLOUCETLit ASSIZES, S. ofßoth Courts at to a very late boor, " s ot ihroligh a great de a l of business. There e °- case in either Court that teqiiii es any detail. CROWN SIDE. Edward Townley, aged 23, and CoPPS. , aged 59. were convicted, chiefly nvon the deuce of an accomplice, of breaking into WI and ste ß aling corn. r. aton ► GARROW, before passing serii•— said, that It was fortunate for them tha ti i r g boozes they had broken info were not dwelPl'; !lutist-5. It they were, he shoold certain l y lent them for execration, as be was deternsiordic enforce tire ul - most rigour of th e law wherever Oa found men going forth in gangs, and turil sb i e ,- with instruments for breaking into ' w oes , " . 0 "i tinhitig ; the seentity and en , langering the licr 9 6 i quiet and honest men. Upon the evide nce . l 4 which they were convicted he most rennirk' d he winched to God that it were deeply impres',o npoß the hearts of niep, that thieve% were " I t to is t uch in danger from the hlundetbass of t he e mall, or from traps and spring girths, as 1 : W 111 1 1 : 1 i. traps and spring 0 tuns set in the breasts 01 1 1 4 associates, who in the hour of detection resdi' betrayed them in order to save themselves" They were sentenced to transportation for .cVc 0 years. d lit SINGULAR DEPRAVITY.---John Rinker, ag e- n. was charged h stealing a watch from ri (" Vc '• ing-botise lie was seen corning onf of the b(”15-- e, sod the watch was torrnd ripon hint. 9 id Mr. Baron Gaßnow, addressing- t he Jaryr they bad before them a tuo.it melancho l Y 'Pe"' tacle. Mr. Cunningham, Governor .of the b e g; ged his Lordship to look at the next Lase co lgi ' in the calendar. Mr. Baron GA Rnoa,v F aid he was mitei tag,. to the very respectable Gentletoan for his 61; .gestion. 1! appeared that this child via 3 adv 1 .(1 and directed by an onosiattral mother. Th e ,,:e could have no doubt of the child's guilt, tin" viction was perhaps the greatest mercy they ca. show to him.—Guilty. tai His Lordship then addressed himself t° child. lie was to pronounce what was. ctill.";• plinishment, but what Rope(( hope. would be a bielios log to hint, that would save him 11 1 ° 1 s t io last punishment, front the unhappy proctice which he was trained; above all, from fi le ,t, vice and example of a cr;ael and monstrous By the institutions of his country the Colo r become his parent, and take care that he sit ip' have instruction and correction. He ttli!-th tt , H itt deed, in little more than two years, see ltit°oo at that bar, but he hoped better thiogs• 9 still possible for him to become a good, It.ltl and useful man. 1-Its sentence was, that lie be confined the Penitentiary-house lo r years. I f ll F EP-ST Stir Gardaer, *Wed I five, %. ;+s con,icted ot stealing five.wethef 14 ; L :to East leach 'Martin. 'lliete was nothirts , sing' 4 ; lo the proot. The sheep were missed, 'lna a than " Ito b ( "ight then* front the prisoner.i.oro yeas again tried opon a second iiitiietmen t At' A t simiiar offence, and convicted. The Jude, , e innottli2tely prononnced set ; death, and assured the prisoner t . iist no . t,'• coold take place, but that be should be execution. do" James who had been yesterday c on.' " , upon two indictments. was after wars op and thus addressed :—Yon have been et! of two separate acts of sheep-stealiug• toe; kind of property is -sca'tered in intlnentle bets Over the country. It forms one 01 th e 5 0°) commodities of the island. Front its tiatolciore exposed to depredations, and the law mustliese fare extend to it all posSible protection. 1 a rt' verity with which sheep-stealing has hc c i - 0 01 , niskted cannot be relaxed until it produce teldlel You are now to.receive sentence of death , me assute you that you con expect (10 101 C, g tip!) as 1 ant always happy to reconono.opoi that. can be done. (Here the prisoner cr: mercy, dropped on his knees, and opP IP , e d XlO handkerchief to his eyes to stop his to 1 , 10 0 Wiry can be extended to you. 1 aticil r ' prostrate yourself on vont • knees to "'" re Goal whom you have ortended, and to prel )4 the fate that is inevitable. de (' //, John Mayo, aged 19, and Daniel Po ive ' 1,00 5 ; 2S, were convicted of stealing in a cI , 1$ 111 " - o rl t " en reft under the value of 40s. They %vete 0 . iransportatitnt for seven years. hef t " e ft , It appeared that 'Mayo had formerly tenced to dear b for a borglarVs hot I , l lo l ' -tepee mitigated to a few itionths' impro(00011 Pe had atterwards b e en tr oployed s‘ i ` 1 ,41 the hair-dresser, who keeps the 10.10 4. judges in Gloucester, and had actually upon their Lordships. , io l° el ir e • Mr. BArOll EZ caller! 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